Documented Record
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Former employees call for Lakeland School District board resignation
KXLY (4 News Now) · April 2026 (archive)
- Dozens of former staff and community members formally called for the board's resignation, calling the removal of Superintendent Taylor "retaliatory."
- The board is paying out Taylor's $150,000+ contract with no cause found while putting next month's $3 million facilities levy at risk.
- A resignation letter from the board clerk cited "patterns of unprofessional conduct, a lack of respectful dialogue."
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Lakeland super put on paid leave
Coeur d'Alene Press · March 2026 (archive)
- This KCRCC-endorsed board has now pushed out three superintendents in six years.
- The board clerk also quit, saying trustees were "curt, dismissive, and condescending."
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Lakeland trustees place superintendent on administrative leave with pay
Idaho Ed News · March 2026 (archive)
- Four superintendents in six years.
- The board is asking voters to approve a $15 million levy while paying its fired superintendent not to work.
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Lakeland trustees place superintendent on administrative leave
Spokesman-Review · March 2026 (archive)
- The board placed Taylor on leave with no public reason given; he had been hired just nine months earlier, in June 2025.
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'Our goal is stability': Interim superintendent for Lakeland Joint School District speaks amid leadership shakeup
KREM · March 2026
- Taylor was placed on paid leave for the remainder of his $156,000/year contract, to be paid as a lump sum, "on advice of legal counsel."
- The interim superintendent declined to explain the board's decision: "That's the board's story to tell."
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EDITORIAL: Lakeland school board may be undermining its own levy
Coeur d'Alene Press · March 2026 (archive)
- The board is paying a superintendent more than $200,000 to stay home while asking voters for more money.
- The local newspaper asked: is the problem leadership or governance?